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The British Science Festival 2016, hosted by Swansea University

In 2016, the British Science Festival was held in Swansea, hosted by Swansea University and supported by Siemens. Taking place from 6-9 September, this was the fourth time Swansea had hosted the Festival, the first being in 1848 and the most recent being in 1990.

The four-day Festival was immediately followed by a Family Weekend in Swansea on 10 & 11 September 2016.

History of the British Science Festival

The Festival has a long and illustrous history, having been born out of the annual meetings of the British Association for the Advancement in Science that started in 1831.

One of our CREST Youth Panel members, Floriane Fidegnon, was lucky enough to be the youth speaker at the Grand Challenges Conference, hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Here she spills all about the experience and has an important message for scientists and researchers...

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The British Science Association has opened its third annual British Science Week (BSW) Community Grant Scheme. The scheme offers grants for community groups that work directly with audiences who are traditionally under-represented and currently not engaged in science activity,

Demo Day is an annual campaign during British Science Week that aims to inspire secondary school teachers and technicians to explore new concepts, provoke discussions and generate excitement through running science demonstrations. It has run successfully over the past three years in hundreds of schools across the UK.